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Smashley wants to read: I'd like to read more books set in WW2 ere (fiction or non-fiction, it doesn't matter). I've enjoyed ready many first hand accounts from survivors of the Holocaust as well as other 'lighter' reads such as The Book Thief, Guernsey Literary and Potato ...more

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About Smashley

Books added: 236

Age: 43

Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Eye of the Needle
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)

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Le Silence de la mer
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Vercors

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The Key to Rebecca
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)

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The English Patient
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Michael Ondaatje

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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
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Cornelius Ryan

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The Kindly Ones
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Jonathan Littell

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Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
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William Craig

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A Bridge Too Far
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Cornelius Ryan

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And No Birds Sang (The Farley Mowat Series)
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Farley Mowat

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Is Paris Burning?
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Larry Collins

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Fortitude
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Larry Collins

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A Man Called Intrepid
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William Stevenson

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Spy/Counterspy: The Autobiography of Dusko Popov
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Duško Popov

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The Ultra Secret
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F.W. Winterbotham

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The Eagle Has Landed (Liam Devlin, #1)
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Jack Higgins

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Catch-22
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Joseph Heller

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A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.
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Sarah Helm

she said: " This book is on my to-read list. You might find it interesting. "

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author)

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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
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Laura Hillenbrand

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Hell Above Earth: The Incredible True Story of an American WWII Bomber Commander and the Copilot Ordered to Kill Him
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Stephen Frater

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The Light in the Ruins
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Chris Bohjalian (Goodreads Author)

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The Unknown Soldier
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Väinö Linna

she said: " A realistic account about ordinary Finnish soldiers in a war against the Soviet Union. "

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Mannerheim: President, Soldier, Spy
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Jonathan Clements

she said: " This is not only about the WWII because Mannerheim's career started in the Czar's Chevalier Guard but in its end he lead Finland in two wars against the Soviet Union. He was one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century. ...more "

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Lauri Törni – Syntynyt sotilaaksi
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J. Michael Cleverley

she said: " Again, not just WWII but he was the only Finnish soldier who had a bounty on his head from USSR. An officer under three flags, a legend in the US Special Forces after the war. "